Blossoms Bag, Quilted

The quilting is done, and the blocks removed from the frame.  Now I need some fusible heavyweight interfacing for the pockets.  I would've added some detailing to those feathers, but Victoria's wedding gown needed my attention.  Wedding gowns are vastly more important than feather detailing, you know.  ;-)

Pansies

Gladiola

Blossoms Bag, Front and Back

This is the front and back of the bag I am making, using a couple of blocks I didn't use for the Buoyant Blossoms quilt.  I attached borders on the blocks to give them an attic-window effect -- though I'm not sure it has that much of an effect, since only one block can be seen at a time.

Now to figure out how to insert pocket dividers in the center of the bag.

Barred Wave Table Runner

The wedding gift is done.

I can't get a decent shot of the quilting with the lighting in the sewing room... and it's dark outside.  Here's part of the back; the quilting can be seen fairly well on it:

My great-niece has sunflower and cobalt fiestaware in her kitchen:

Barred Wave Table Runner, and a Chocolate Candle

The top for the Barred Wave table runner is together.  It measures 17" x 53.5".  Now I will finish quilting the Buoyant Blossoms quilt, get it off the frame, and then quilt the table runner.  It's for my great-niece Sarah Kay's wedding in a week and a half, so I need to hurry.  Some of Sarah Kay's kitchen colors are sunflower, cobalt, and lapis.

I made another candle, this one chocolate:

Restuffed Chopkey Hexagon Pillow

This is one of the pillows I made to go with the Graceful Garden quilt for Andrew and Hester.  I entered it in our county fair in July, and it made First Place and State Fair Choice in Textile Art.  So Thursday I'm taking it to the Nebraska State Fair along with the Mosaic Lighthouse quilt and other things.  But first:  the poor pillow was too limp.  So... I restuffed it.

Here's a photo of it right after I made it:

And here are new photos of the restuffed pillow:

Now, let's hope the State Fair judges like well-stuffed pillows better than limp pillows!

Thread, Thread, Thread!

Look what I just got in the mail! -- 86 spools of Sulky thread.  There are metallics, rayons, variegateds, twists...  I've looked up the price, and see that the majority of these spools cost $5.49 at Joann Fabric.  I have about $450 worth of thread, plus two $10 cases -- and I paid $60 + $12.45 for shipping.  That's $72.45, total.  I got them from a lady who advertised them on SewItsForSale.

Embroidered Puppy, & Quilting Buoyant Blossoms Quilt

I threw a puppy into the last tea towel set, just for the fun of it.  This puppy design is called 'Drying Off', from the Puppies on Parade collection.

While the machine embroidered, I finished stitching in the ditch on the pieced border of the Buoyant Blossoms quilt:

Next, the real quilting fun begins!

But for now... it looks like I have to quit ----- because I've run out of tea towels!  Besides, it's bedtime.